Fiddling is fun

[windandwater]

... well, maybe not fiddling while Rome burns, but that's something entirely different.

The home comp has been BSoD-ing (twice that I've witnessed) because of some device driver problem. XP The only device I've hooked up to the home comp (that wasn't part of the set-up) is the printer. So I just went to find the new drivers for the printer. If that doesn't work, I'm going to assume it's a Windows XP thing, and check the Microsoft Updates I need. I remember my laptop doing the device driver error thing, and I needed something from Microsoft, I think. *tries to remember*

Either way, it's pain and blood and tears because this driver file is 29.6MB, and I'm on the dial-up. I might sign off and try to connect again at a higher speed. It was giving me 46k when I first signed on (before the BSoD). But now... 28.8. *weep*

Comments

[moffit.livejournal.com]

You can try using a comp that isn't on dialup and has a burner on it to save to a disc, then use it on the home comp. That's how I solved my brother's anime-watching woes when he had no net at all.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

....................... why didn't I think of that?

[moffit.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

Be quiet.

I play games on the home comp anyway, so it's not like I'm sitting around watching the status bar creep up.

[kitedreams.livejournal.com]

Paaiiiin. I just spent two days installing and reinstalling windows, and am currently living dangerously and not using virus protection because the file's so fricken huge. I'll run it tonight while I'm in bed. >_< Crappy software manufacturers.

[windup-boytoy.livejournal.com]

*hugs!* That sounds much more horrible than what I have to do. At least with my laptop, I can connect wirelessly, so if say, the neighbor's network cuts out and I need to do some major downloading, I can just cart Shukaku to the public library and use their network.

But I can't bring a desktop. XP